Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-11-19

enough W au engine 10 pull open the
throttle, have jumped on my train TO get
out OF camp, and as soon as they are out |
side they will leave the engine and run
into the mountains. must follow rs
fast as possible and try to get it back be-
fore I get very badly out of time"
The presence of Mr.. Anthony Murphy
that morning was purely accidental. He
was going to examine an engine at ALA
toona reported out of order. AS an officer
of high authority on the road, command
ing all engineers and f1remen, knowing all
the engines and everything about the road
perfectly, his presence at that time was
most unfortunate for us. He was a man
of great GOODNESS and good Judgment. His
first action was far-sighted. He sent Mr..
William Kendrick on horseback to Mari
eta to notify the superintendent at At.
lanta by wire. Mr.. Kendrick arrived in
time to hold a freight train there till
orders were flashed back to drop all cars
but one, run up to Big Shanty, load on
soldiers and pursue with all speed. This
was the first train in chase. A message
was also sent from Marietta to Richmond,
but no result followed that. Ny opinion
is that Andrews had in some way ar
ranged for cutting the wire between Chat
tanooga and Knoxville, which was the
only route by which the message could
have gone around and got on the line Of
the Western and Atlantic railroad ahead
of us.
Had these been the only measures of
pursuit-wise and judicious as they We're
our task would have been easy. But
Fuller's error and his ardent te,npera-
ment prompted to another course. lie
had called Murphy and Cain, Come on
with Ynn.S fhoy nNNyur&1- Sol1o-,oj ,.J
the three of them started at a dead run I'M
the track. The spectacle of three men
running vigorously after q fying engine,
as if they expected to catch it, instantly
restored the mol to good humor, and
they cheercd and shouted with laughter!
What would have been the fate of these
runners if they had ovcrtakcn lis at the
first stop, where VIC cut wire and OBJ
structed the track, it is needless to In
quirc. They would have hardly begun
such q chase had they not entirely under
estimated our number. IS we'll as mis-
taken our purpose. The Atlanta Southern
Cohfcdcracy of then next day. in an article
full of panic, written before the issue was
determined, speaks of us as ''some four
men yet unknown"
The different running powers Of the
pursuers We're soon made evident in this
apparently hopeless chase. Fuller was
extraordinarily fleet and of great cndur-
ance, His companions were equally
Jealous but less able for running. They
were, therefore, soon spread out for q
considerable distance. While putting in
his best efforts, Fuller shouted back en-
couraScment to his comrades, but did not
wait. The hope OF getting his train soon
was too strong. and he also feared that
the reckless men who had taken it might
do some injury to the engine before he
could come up. The idea that they might
oileH any resistance did not enter his
mind.
But the chase could not long have con
tinucd iii this manner, for human muscles
cannot be pittcu successfully against
steam. The labored breath and the de-
crcasing pace of the runncrs showed that
they were well nigh exhausted; and rs
curve after curve was ronEded-for with
the instinct of railroad men they chung to
the track-they grew discouraged; but
Just before their second wind was OK
hausted, they received both help and re-
ne|ed excitement. They came to Moons
station, some two miles from the place of
starting, anu have never been able to make
even a plausible conjecture of the time
consumed IN THIS ilrSt stage of the jour
iieE: nut III Is certain that it was just rs
lltiit as straininS muscles ana iron could
Wei lnaHelE,
Here 'Ecy learned from the track laying
party mat some OF their tools had been
borrowed anha short distance beyond
some YES piacc'i en- the track and the
., n1s,us a ~ wa oar lrst Halt'
trn;n non,ina. e,"m. "..s' 'l"c +"
'1srod n,ha ,ru.n n.",'iaa n,'sn' W mn,
w.. : !. ~ '.i' 'o''''" " 'Iaio
80. 'nn uhu w. .As eiaoo.a.c ihaci'he
49, M".en 'ii's ne uil,cn AT great SI,eea,
Wv. "'"1 4 "liei termed Il poe car: 1t
""s = NV p!esS,ot ia'o service ana gave
. = .. u'lvi l'!l IL BACK a. III
~ W.. "nu plGAt. up ms eo'apsi'iois'
sn" = oeIilit, tltii Grove forward as
a., Csc. a. ''c e"a,s.i't..un ., 'ie car ""nln
p en a"Si.!s WIN d 'oiS poe ~ H"'
uuaS 4 a. w. Iul.. apo ''!'e c"hi' 'c
III LII VI. ~ .e'ei anu ", oo"h S'"'c',
49, nu o a ..e sep up Slh''"' wv" YOU'D
'"n.p a., ".t push ~ II I"ll run.
'nes Sot Il ie,ei'otcci'cA'
VI 1To m.en, Ar. san''n ana Mr. S'ockriE,
49," s"I,N|. ~ ,'et ''al .'ey
We. ".''" M, NJ 'pn,c,'p.s '!au no" occh
s,s.I ha "P: ,'es nav i.ali!t'l INA. ':e cap
:e's ,au nee'! sen ol'lls 'hclf engine, as
-
= NJ, uiiueis'Alu tie,r "orh. f'!icr
.m' nuapiis we're nv" aple' ior .lc 'Tst
u..n.' .oasui. apo", .helr pans. we
"o,. 800 a.h nnt on iesulaI tIhi'Ia clrtuhl-
s."tee ,nal 'ley hau loteu III inc reports
.ec.l.eu rom the oi'ercht stAtlons-ahd
''". 'l'no "as only sixteen miles per hour,
wnlcn meant TWO hours TO kingston.
ihey were making seven OF eight miles
on the pole car, and that, if kept up ut
was the Utmost they could do|, would
Drln9 them to EtOWah In two or three